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Oh for fucks sake. Entitled mountain bikers are the fucking worst. If you don’t want to yield (which usually just involves slowing, demonstrating control, allowing the other user to scoot out of the way) when on a multi-use trail- then ride directional mtb only trails or bike parks.
It’s just a fucking bike ride, quit taking your “flow” so seriously, lol.
The only change that should be made is downhill trail runners should yield to climbing Mtn bikers.
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The more expensive the equipment the more entitled it seems.
Equestrian>ebikers>modern mountain bikers>runners with earbuds>vintage mountain bikers>hikers>children who haven't been ruined by the world yet
I've met some fairly entitled dogs on the trail.Quote:
Originally Posted by simple
Fuck the jeffco methods also. We lose trails in those deal and certain directions never get ridden again. We sacrifice because asshole mountain bikers can't play nice with entitled hikers. The endurbro mountain bikers are like "we never climbed that trail anyway". Fuck you pussy bitches. I rode my singlespeed up that shit before you even started truck shuttling trails.
Mean mugging little french bulldogs yoQuote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
This was the point I was trying to make :rolleyes2Quote:
Originally Posted by joetron
And the crusty old hikers are like "there never used to be bikes on this trail in the 60's." Times change.Quote:
Originally Posted by simple
The problem isn't turning some older trail into a directional descent. The problem is not building a new trail to replace the climb that was lost.
Understood. (I think I first rode Apex in ‘87?)Quote:
Originally Posted by simple
The rest of Jeffco management sucks, but hauling ass down Apex without fear of creaming a hiker is pretty fucking awesome for being next to a massive city. Besides, going up and down Chimney rocks as well if you don’t like it.
4 real. Still basically one climbing trail at multiple trail systems at Jeffco parks. All those climbing trails are 10 feet wide and getting wider every year.
last night on a jeep road climb.. the hikers were two wide on one side on the way down, the dog was zig zagging on the other side. I had to stop, on a 14' wide road lol...Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
We are seeing many of our new trails be built here directional. It's made a huge improvement.
This is TGR. All arguments and rants need to go full circle 12 times and we 'yell' at each other if we're only a degree or two off on the north arrow, let alone if up is down.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtnjam
I know! I’m with ya!Quote:
Originally Posted by mtnjam
It’s the others squawkin about putting Mtn Bikers at the top of the pyramid that I was ranting about
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Just saw this, and not to beat a dead horse, but I don't disagree. While counting clicks from closed is pretty counterintuitive, it does provide a solid baseline when trying to convey the settings.Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
Personally, I have to think about rebound as slow/fast and compression as firm/light.
This last weekend I was yelled at by a woman for not ringing my bell while descending a bike only downhill trail. I just said have a nice day and got back up to speed. I don't own a bell.Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
The trail mrsjm2e and I built over the last 2 winters was finally discovered by the shuttle crew. Now we find out how sustainable or build is. Hoping to build another trail next winter instead of doing a bunch of maintenance on this one.
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Why do I keep seeing people riding techy mtb trails on gravel bikes? I ran into 4 different people awkwardly picking their way down some gravity trails today on drop bar bikes today. One lady was on a touring bike with panniers and was freaking out trying to riding a skinny bridge.
Is this a thing now?
THEY call it underbiking.Quote:
Originally Posted by HankScorpio
I honestly thought "underbiking" was a kind of a tongue in cheek thing to poke fun at the endless sub genres of biking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
Turns out its a real thing.
Goddamnit.
I heard and saw from above riders throwing rocks off of a techy section of trail today. Making a scene.
Caught up to them, dude and his lady on nice xc bikes, nice kits, etc. Lady was walking her bike, sees me coming and decides to get on and try to ride ahead of me. So I gotta stop because I don’t want to ride my brakes behind her.
My riding partner and I made fun of them the rest of our ride.
Nearly killed two people hiking up a designated downhill-only trail.
Shimano Fucking Cassettes. Specifically 12-speed mountain.
FIRST- they don't have a cohesive sprocket spider that holds all the cogs, ok I get it, but could you sell the cogs individually? NOPE The tiny cogs are the ones that wear the fastest along with the big aluminum one. I recently bent several of my small cog teeth being an ape, and now I have to buy a new cassette even though its got tons of life left in it.
SECOND-- they make them have 2 different sized loose spacers? which is idiotic. Every time I take a cassette off to clean the cogs I have to look up a YouTube video that explains which spacer goes where.
Regarding the second point--you can figure it out by looking at them. Spacing between each cog is supposed to be the same, so the thick spacer goes between the two flat sides, the thin spacer goes next to the cog with a little bit of a flange (flange+thin spacer = thick spacer)Quote:
Originally Posted by Falcon3
It's a fun alternative to mtb on relatively boring "flow" trails. Swell>Bitter Route>Evo1/2>Rev and back. Really helps with hand/eye coordination and I have never impeded anyones ride, head on a swivel watching for followers. Always ask nicely if I can pass slow climbers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs
I like a nice rate of climb per mile, keeps me honest
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It's also a great built in excuse for taking the chicken-lines when out with friends (self handicapping).
"I would drop that, and have many times, but...this 120 bike, you know...and man, this 67 degree HTA is sketchy…”
:tongue:
Decades ago a college friend of mine switched to a gravel bike to slow him down to be 'safe' as his kids grew up. He rode Amasa Back, Porcupine, and anything else we rode, just slower. When his son got old enough, maybe 10 or 12, they rode Amasa on a custom tandem together he built. And also rode all their local trails together and who knows what else. Make mountain biking hard again!
Not for me though, ha. But I'm not gonna making fun of underbikers.